Comments on: Birdies, Birdies everywhere, but hopefully no cats!

By: Shirl

Shirl — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:50:22 +0000

Well done you for providing a perch! Great thinking… I’ve an Arch near one of mine and a small pine tree at a perfect height opposite the other. They really are well used by the birds :-D

Oh… so envious of that caterpillar! We now have a Blue tit feeding young too but see is searching high and low for bugs and every now and again resorts to taking fat cake in to her young :-(

All the best with your brood – I’ll guess they are growing well if you can hear them! Great series of pics :-D

Shirl: No shortage of caterpillars here probably because we back onto woodland. Even so they still occasionally resort to the fat feeder – perhaps because they are tired and it’s nearby!

By: HappyMouffetard

HappyMouffetard — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:31:58 +0000

Great photos – and commentary.

HM: Thanks. The birds fun to watch and it is easy to construct a soap opera from their behaviour :-)

By: Helen/patientgardener

Helen/patientgardener — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:37:41 +0000

Great photos – I know how much patience it takes to get these shots as I keep failing to get similar ones.

Helen: I would love an outdoor fixed camera pointing at the interesting areas. It would make things much easier!

By: Titania

Titania — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:26:13 +0000

A delightful post about your feathered tenants. Just wait until the starlings start to sing, it is beautiful. They sing of spring and summer…

Titania: I think the parents will start singing once their young have left home!

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:34:24 +0000

Birds are great to watch. We have a pair of sparrows nesting in our bedroom roof and there is much coming and going with them feeding their young. You got some good shots.

Judith:I am amazed at how hard the parents work!

By: Racquel

Racquel — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:35:10 +0000

That reminds me I should take a peak inside my nesting boxes to see what’s going on. I’ve seen some activity here & there with bits of stuff being poked in the holes. ;) Your little Mama Blue Tit is definitely anxious, hope the babies got that caterpillar while he was warm & juicy, lol.

Racquel: Hundreds of caterpillars must have gone into that nest box – which is good news if they belong to some garden pest :-)

By: Jan (ThanksFor2Day)

Jan (ThanksFor2Day) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:38:52 +0000

You’ve got some wonderful shots here, and those starling babies are definitely ‘hulking’!! It’s funny how so many of the baby birds end up looking bigger than the adults as they get ready to leave the nest. Lots of ‘baby fat’, perhaps?!! I like the series of photos of the blue tit, too. I hope they continue to survive and you can watch the babies leave the nest. Last year I captured several different birds feeding babies. I haven’t been looking for them much lately as I’ve been gardening and focusing less on birds. Your post reminds me how much I really enjoy watching them.

Jan: Thanks. I’m hoping to see them leave the nest but I’m sure I’ll miss it!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:41:06 +0000

Great pictures!

Sheila: I wish I could have got closer!